How to Use over the hump in a Sentence

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• But can this band — this core group of players — get over the hump?
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• The world expects teams like that to get over the hump — those are the rules.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
• Adding Guerrero could be the piece that gets them over the hump.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
• But Democrats weren’t quite able to get over the hump after that.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2022
• The Burnes move was made to push them over the hump, not get them back to par.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
• Now the Knicks must find that player who can get the team over the hump.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2025
• The Yankees need to make a move to get over the hump next season.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
• And not when there’s pressure on your back to improve your team to get it over the hump.
  — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
• There are foundations that could get us over the hump, is that what is needed?
  — IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2016
• The Milwaukee area should be over the hump, so to speak, in terms of rainfall.
  — Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2025
• Texas just can't get over the hump, even with 20 points from Dailyn Swain.
  — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
• Sandburg coach John Daniels felt his team needed to get over the hump in a close game.
  — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
• Marian, with 20 turnovers in the game, couldn’t get over the hump in the fourth quarter.
  — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2022
• The former Giant might be exactly what the team needs to make it over the hump.
  — Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• The elder Ellison may have helped get the deal over the hump in other ways, too.
  — Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
• Baylor kept the game within reach, getting within 3 points but couldn't get over the hump.
  — David Smale, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• And thankfully, this discourse didn’t need to turn toxic in order to get it over the hump!
  — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2023
• For whatever reason, Frost could never quite get over the hump.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
• This would be a good time for Jimbo Fisher to find those one or two plays to get his team over the hump.
  — John Talty | [email protected], al, 23 Oct. 2022
• The Orioles, while talented, are still relying on youth to get them over the hump.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• Since then, Jonas has gotten over the hump and went on to have several roles in both movies and television.
  — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
• Adding a talent like Durant should help things, and could see the Rockets get over the hump next season.
  — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
• The move was viewed as a success, as many thought George was the player the 76ers needed to get over the hump.
  — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
• Pursuing Alonso could be the big decision that gets them over the hump next season.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
• Downing and Thompson delivered key hits again to get the game tied, but the Huskies could not get over the hump.
  — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
• Despite having a lot of success while leading the team, Thibodeau simply could not get over the hump.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
• The Lakers are always in a prime position to make a massive roster move that could get them over the hump.
  — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
• Since that season, Brock has been a consistent championship threat, but has struggled to get over the hump.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Dec. 2025
• The last team Pavelski played for, the Stars, have struggled in recent years in getting over the hump.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
• The loser will face the same old questions about its inability to get over the hump in January.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025